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Alpha toxin specific PCR for detection of toxigenic strains of Clostridium perfringens in Poultry [PDF]

Veterinary World, 2012
Aim : Isolation of clostridium perfirngens from necrotic enteritis cases in poultry and confirmation by alpha toxin specific PCR Materials and methods: Robertson cooked meat medium with Brain Heart Infusion broth was used for isolation of C.
Malmarugan Shanmugasamy, Johnson Rajeswar   +1 more
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Two Clostridium perfringens Type E Isolates in France

Toxins, 2019
Clostridium perfringens type E is a less frequently isolated C. perfringens type and has not previously been reported in France. We have characterized two recent type E isolates, C.
Laure Diancourt, Jean Sautereau, Alexis Criscuolo, Michel R. Popoff   +3 more
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The Cytotoxicity of Epsilon Toxin from Clostridium perfringens on Lymphocytes Is Mediated by MAL Protein Expression

Molecular and Cellular Biology, 2018
Epsilon toxin (Etx) from Clostridium perfringens is a pore-forming protein that crosses the blood-brain barrier, binds to myelin, and, hence, has been suggested to be a putative agent for the onset of multiple sclerosis, a demyelinating neuroinflammatory
Marta Blanch, J. Dorca-Arévalo, Anna Not, Mercè Cases, I. Gómez de Aranda, A. Martínez-Yélamos, S. Martínez-Yélamos, C. Solsona, J. Blasi   +8 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Production and purification of beta-toxin from Clostridium perfringens type C Produção e purificação da toxina beta de Clostridium perfringens tipo C

Arquivo Brasileiro de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, 2006
Empregaram-se os métodos cromatográficos de afinidade metálica e de imunoafinidade para purificação da toxina beta em sobrenadante de cultivo de Clostridium perfringens tipo C. Observaram-se, na eletroforese das primeiras frações eluidas nos dois métodos
A.V.A. Carvalho, L.G.D. Heneine, R.A. Assis, V.L.V. Abreu, L.A. Gonçalves, F.C.F. Lobato   +5 more
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Ultrasensitive Electrochemical Detection of Clostridium perfringens DNA Based Morphology-Dependent DNA Adsorption Properties of CeO2 Nanorods in Dairy Products

Italian National Conference on Sensors, 2018
Foodborne pathogens such as Clostridium perfringens can cause diverse illnesses and seriously threaten to human health, yet far less attention has been given to detecting these pathogenic bacteria.
Xingcan Qian, Q. Qu, Lei Li, Xin Ran, Limei Zuo, Rui Huang, Qiang Wang   +6 more
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Uterine Clostridium perfringens infection related to gynecologic malignancy

Gynecologic Oncology Reports, 2017
Uterine gas gangrene caused by Clostridium perfringens is a serious, often life-threatening infection that is rarely encountered in the practice of gynecologic oncology.
Kevin M. Kremer, Megan E. McDonald, Michael J. Goodheart   +2 more
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Concurrent Host-Pathogen Transcriptional Responses in a Clostridium perfringens Murine Myonecrosis Infection

mBio, 2018
To obtain an insight into host-pathogen interactions in clostridial myonecrosis, we carried out comparative transcriptome analysis of both the bacterium and the host in a murine Clostridium perfringens infection model, which is the first time that such ...
Lee-Yean Low, P. Harrison, J. Gould, D. Powell, J. M. Choo, S. Forster, Ross Chapman, L. Gearing, J. K. Cheung, P. Hertzog, J. Rood   +10 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Deadly Diarrhea Caused by Co-Infection of Clostridium perfringens Type ST-865 and Clostridium difficile: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

Infection and Drug Resistance
Yuyao Hao,1,* Jianhui Li,2,* Shoujun Xie,1 Yanchao Liu,1 Hainan Wen1,3 1Department of Clinical Laboratory, The Affiliated Hospital of Chengde Medical University, Chengde, Hebei, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of Preventive ...
Hao Y, Li J, Xie S, Liu Y, Wen H
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Oral Multiple Sclerosis Drugs Inhibit the In vitro Growth of Epsilon Toxin Producing Gut Bacterium, Clostridium perfringens

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2017
There are currently three oral medications approved for the treatment of multiple sclerosis (MS). Two of these medications, Fingolimod, and Teriflunomide, are considered to be anti-inflammatory agents, while dimethyl fumarate (DMF) is thought to trigger ...
K. R. Rumah, T. Vartanian, V. Fischetti
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Dangers of Clostridium perfringens food poisoning in psychiatric patients

South African Journal of Psychiatry, 2019
Clostridium perfringens food poisoning can be fatal in patients with chronic constipation. We report the investigation and management of a probable outbreak of C. perfringens food poisoning among psychiatric patients in Cape Town, South Africa, in 2013.
Colleen Bamford, Peter Milligan, Sean Kaliski   +2 more
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